ANALOGUE FILM

The typical production by EDUTRONIC is a documentary. This often on a technology theme, either at a general interest level or more detailed for a
specialist audience. The technology covered is mainly in the area of Digital Electronics, Embedded Systems and Robotics which is the other area of
EDUTRONIC interest. The social and historical context is often a feature of these productions as it important, in an educational sense, not to see
technology as an end in itself.

All productions are shot on 16mm film using a BOLEX H16RX
camera. They can be in Colour or Black & White depending on the
subject of the film. The image on the left is on location
for Musical Chair outside the Department of Music
at the University of Leeds. The image on the right is on
location for Gibraltar 1895 in front of the 100
ton Gun above Rosia Bay in Gibraltar.

The 16mm film is converted, by a high resolution
scanner, to a digital image. This image can then
be edited using video editing software on a computer.
The soundtrack, using synch sound, sound effects,
music and commentary is assembled and synchronised
with the video image using the same editing software.

The image shows the editing software running on a laptop.
A preview screen, on the right, displays the first shot
of Musical Chair. The final result of the
video editing process can be output in a number of diferent
formats depending on the media platform to be used to view it.

The image on the left shows the 16mm film editing
process. The film is wound through the Murray viewer
and footage / frame counter so that images can be
matched for content and length with the video edit.
This matching means that the soundtrack from the video
edit can also be the soundtrack for the film. The image
on the right is of the edited print being checked on
a silent BOLEX 816 PROJECTOR.